Nortel Compact ICS 7.1, Coordinator Manual, Page: 73 / 266

Making calls / 73
N0130955 01 Compact ICS 7.1 System Coordinator Guide
Choosing a line using a line button
You have one line button for each line assigned to your telephone. Press the
line button to select the line you want to answer or use to make a call.
Having several line buttons allows you immediate access to more than one
line.
The 7000 and 7100 digital phones and the Digital Mobility phones have
two intercom paths which are used instead of line buttons to answer and
make calls. These paths do not show up as display keys. Instead, the user
switches between two calls by pressing
≥
(7000/7100) or R (on the DM
phone). In this situation, one call is active and one call remains on hold.
Line pools
A line pool is a group of external lines that can be shared by many
telephones. You can use a line in a line pool to make an external call.
The Norstar Compact ICS can have three line pools, and a telephone can
be programmed to access any number of them.
A line pool access code is a number you dial to get a line pool. The access
code can be up to four digits long. You can have several different line pools
for your system, each one giving you access to a different set of external
lines. It is one way of sharing lines across telephones in a system.
A destination code is similar to a line pool access code, except that the line
pools have been assigned to specific routing information. The destination
Press
YES
to use Ring Again. Press
NO
to send a
message. See ‘‘Sending a message’’ on page
128 and ‘‘Turning on Ring Again’’ on page 79.
Either you have no prime line, or the prime line is
in use, or the line programmed for an autodial
number, speed dial number, or Hotline is in use.
Select a line and dial again.
Press
YES
to send a message. See Messages.
For other displays, see ‘‘Common feature displays’’ on page 243.
Ring Again?
YES
NO EXIT
Select a line
Send message?
YES
NO